Fellow IKE members: Please help spread the word about this event. And if you're in the neighborhood that day, show up!

What: Local fun fly as part of the 26th annual One Sky One World International Kite Fly for Peace, which takes place in hundreds of worldwide locations each year on the second Sunday of October. All IKE members are welcome, as are members of all other kite clubs and any fliers of any kind of kite, including single-line, dual-line and quad-line.

Oct. 14 forecast as of Oct. 12: "Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%."

Trigger wrote:ok so the lightning isn't a good thing... did you see the article on yahoo about the flyer hit by lightning... he is ok.. wonder if he is one of us from the forums.

Didn't see it. Got the URL?

I'm no Ben Franklin (although one of my great grandfathers was named after him), so if there's lightning, I'm not going to be anywhere near a flying line! If we fly, you can bet I'll have the radar app on my phone running. Even if the showers and storms bypass the flying field, I'm concerned about the winds. I don't think there's anything in my bag that can stand up to 35 MPH gusts!

No way we could fly, even though the sun shined for part of the afternoon. Sustained wind of 20 MPH with gusts to 45. We'll probably try again this coming Sunday, even though it won't officially be OSOW day.